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Lambeth 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: TABLE G (1)Shewing the number of medical Certificates (corrected) for the compulsorily Notifiable Infectious Diseases under the notification clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,or the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, received in the Borough of Lambeth during1926,together with the averages for the three decennia1891.1900(Parish),1901 -1910(Borough), and1911-1920(Borough), and the quinquennium1921-25(Borough).

TABLE G (1)

Shewing the number of medical Certificates (corrected) for the compulsorily Notifiable Infectious Diseases under the notification clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,or the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, received in the Borough of Lambeth during1926,together with the averages for the three decennia1891.1900(Parish),1901 -1910(Borough), and1911-1920(Borough), and the quinquennium1921-25(Borough).

Disease.1926Annual Average, 1921-25 (Borough) 5 years.Annual Average, 1911-1920 (Borough) 10 years.Annual Average 1901-1910 (Borough) 10 years.Annual Average 1891-1900 (Parish) 10 years.
Cholera——O.l0.211.5
Smallpox10.60.249.922.0
Scarlet Fever7431184.6904 .11105.11331.3
Diphtheria716636.6482.7379.8715.1
Membranous Croup93.45.510426.2
Typhus——O.OO.l1.1
†Typhoid or Enteric715.23.91005189.6
Continued and Relapsing—0.20.84.125.7
Erysipelas86115.8175.0241.4347.0
Puerperal3431.421.817.018.9
*Puerperal Pyrexia44————
*Plague——O.O0*0O.O
*†Cerebro.spinal Fever66.2l8.211.5—